The Victorian Period is known for its tone of prudery and propriety, which was influenced greatly by Queen Victoria. The Victorian era broke the previous era’s philosophical way of thinking and put an emphasis on social structure and wealth. The Romantic era was focused on deep emotional ideas about nature and life, novels like Frankenstein by Mary Shelley forced people to change their way of thinking, to question nature and personal as well as moral problems. In 1837 the Victorian era began to emerge with new ideas and beliefs that clashed with the ideas of the Romantic era. The Victorian era had a very strong social code of conduct and very proper beliefs. They focused less on mans development on the inside and focused more on mans development on the outside, how the world perceived him. Art and architecture shifted in this era as well from a Gothic style to a more put together, well-designed form. Buildings went from Gothic cathedrals to more appealing rich elegant structures. Literature shifted quite suddenly between these two eras. During the romantic period, authors wrote to encourage a more deeper way of thinking, to get the reader to question their humanity and nature. In the Victorian period however, authors wrote to entertain and to impress the readers.
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ReplyDeleteThis was a very well thought out and well written synthesis. It answered the question, "why this era is clearly a reaction to the previous period" completely. Examples of different types of architecture, different types of literature, and the meaning of that literature were used to contrast between the Romantic and Victorian eras. The only thing we would suggest is changing the structure of the synthesis. The ending looked a bit rushed, and many examples were cluttered together.
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